Bistro MD diet complaints and success stroies.
Pros and cons.
Bistro MD Pros
- Developed by a medical doctor
- Delicious menu rotates weekly
- Full meal replacement delivery diet
- Easy to follow
- Reasonable prise
- Free diet profile
- Gourmet quality
- No cooking
- No cleaning
- Cooked fresh
- Frozen pre-cooked food
- Lack of online support
- Available only in the US
Customer reviews and success stories
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I have been pleasantly surprised by BistroMD. I think the quality of the lunches and dinners is very good.
So far, I'm not too impressed by the taste of the breakfasts or the snacks - but I'm impressed with their fiber content,
low fat, and high protein. They do keep me from wanting to snack on junk foods.
I lost three pounds this week - and I didn't stay on the diet entirely. I did find my "emotional" eating
still a problem; however, much less so. I continued to crave sweets, but to a lesser extent.
I found the lunch and dinner portions very large - so it was difficult to eat all my vegetables, which
were still very good and I tried to get them in.
Anyway, the food is much better than anything I've ever cooked, as well as much better than a lot of
restaurants I've frequented in the area.
I have not started an exercise program yet, which I intend to do as soon as I can find some time and get
more organized.
Good luck to everybody!
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I too have been using Bistro a month and a half and I must say It's working really well. I lost about 27 lbs and
I'm going to continue it for another month or so. Bistro is much better than other diets I have tried in the past.
chicken cordon bleu and Pasta Puntanessaca are too good. Also has anyone read the newsletter? I got one last month
and it looks like there was a contest posted there. I wasn't able to post my blog there but I am looking forward to
the next news letter!!!ng the program..I mean c'mon eating cookies losing weight..haha...funny.
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Hello everyone. My name is Amy, I just started BMD today. I have used two other meal delivery programs.
Healthy Chef creations, which is amazing BUT super expensive, and fresh foods, which was pretty good.
I like the price of BMD much better.
I have about 30 pounds to lose.
I am a bit concerned with the artificial ingredients in this food. I eat a pretty clean diet, just too much!!!!
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After 1 month on the program I was given a $50 credit. Then my sister signed up on a referral card I had given her
and I got another $50 off a few weeks later. Even without the occasional discount, Bistro is well worth it to me.
I do not cook and I know I would spend as much (or more) eating out.
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I'm on Week 7 of the BistroMD food delivery service. I was quite successful losing weight through Jenny Craig,
but after two years of Jenny Lasagna and Pesto Pizza, I needed a change. I also wanted the convenience of home
delivery, which JC doesn't offer in my area. I tried DietToGo for 1 week, but became quickly frustrated with
the lack of proper heating instructions. My meals were inconsistently labeled, which wasn’t helpful. I did like
the breakfasts (much more so than the BistroMD options) and thought the dinners were pretty good. I did not like
the lunches and didn’t think they included enough vegetables with them. So I moved on to BistroMd. I
intentionally passed on programs like Seattle Sutton and the 3 Hour Diet because I like the flexibility that
comes with having a frozen food over fresh food service.
PROS
The BistroMD dinners/lunches are tasty and creative. It is a meat-centered program. The vegetables taste very
fresh and are part of almost every meal. The food is pretty bland in the spice department, but that isn't a
huge concern for me.
I think the best thing about the BistroMD plan so far is that these meals actually fill me up. The calorie
count of the meals are higher than the JC meals, Whenever someone sees me eating one of these meals at work,
I get comments like "Wow! That's a lot of food!"
ISSUES
I am not impressed with the breakfasts whatsoever. If there was an option to do so, I would take off breakfast
altogether. They send a week of hot chocolate (with aspartame) to supplement some of the 100 calorie breakfast
options (sad bagels, 100 calorie muffins, cardboard chocolate breakfast biscuits. I think this is lame way to
supplement a low calorie food item. And does the doctor think aspartame should be part of someone’s daily diet?
I do like their waffles; it is one of the few breakfast options that is over 150 calories and doesn't require
the hot chocolate calorie supplement.
I did not sign up for their snacks, figuring I could come up with more creative snacks than what seemed to
be on their menu. A daily snack choice on their menu seemed to be this "fruity shake". This seems to be
a more calorie-dense type of food that will still leave me hungry. For a morning snack, it seems like a
high-volume food choice would be better for dieters. A shake just doesn't fill me up. I’m sure it’s tasty;
I just think BistroMD could have provided a better snack choice.
BistroMD at Work
If you are used to popping a JC lunch into the microwave at work, be prepared to do some higher level of prep
with the BistroMD meals. You can't just pop frozen BistroMD meals into the microwave. You have to soak the meals,
drain extra water, remove the food from the supertoughbags, and then finally, eat the food!
The Price
It isn't cheap, but cheaper than things like the Zones Chef Delivery Service. You can buy it through Sam's
Club at a significant savings. However, I wanted the flexibility to make substitutions, so I'm willing to suck
it up.
Weight Loss
But at the end of the day, what do we care about? Weight loss! After 7 weeks on the plan, I have lost 7 pounds.
That feels pretty good!
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